2006 Doda massacre

Killing of 35 Hindus in Kashmir by Islamist militants February 2013 February 2022 Doda Massacre Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India Hindus 30 April 2006 Mass murder Islamist Terrorism 57 Lashkar-e-Taiba The 2006 Doda massacre was a mass murder of 57 Hindu civilians in two separate incidents, carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 30 April 2006.December 2024 Attacks Two separate attacks took place on 30 April 2006 in close by areas. In the first attack, twenty-two unarmed Hindu villagers, mostly shepherds or their families, were lined up and gunned down in Thawa village in Kulhand area of Doda district.34 killed in held Kashmir https://www.dawn.com/news/190393/34-killed-in-held-kashmir 25 February 2017 Agence France-Presse Dawn Pakistan 2 May 2006 The victims included a 3-year-old girl.Swami Praveen Puri Luv Serial terror strikes claim 35 lives in Doda and Udhampur http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212520100.htm 25 February 2017 The Hindu 2 May 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070309201444/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212520100.htm 9 March 2007 dead Ten to twelve people wearing fake Indian Army uniforms carried out the massacre. The doctor who was sent to do the post mortem examination suffered a heart attack on seeing the bodies and was admitted to the hospital.Sharma S. P. 22 Hindus massacred in Doda https://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060502/main1.htm 25 February 2017 The Tribune Chandigarh 2 May 2006 The second attack occurred in the Lalon Galla village in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district. Thirty-five Hindu shepherds were kidnapped and shot dead on the same day. The attacks were believed to have been an attempt to derail the impending talks between the Indian government and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.1 May 2006 Militants massacre 34 Hindus in Indian Kashmir Australian Broadcasting Corporation Agence France-Presse https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-01/militants-massacre-34-hindus-in-indian-kashmir/1743472 25 February 2017 Perpetrators The killings received widespread condemnation, including from the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The BJP accused unidentified "terrorists" of carrying out ethnic cleansing.Doda massacre part of ethnic cleansing: BJP http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204491000.htm 25 February 2017 The Hindu 2 May 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070630145640/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204491000.htm 30 June 2007 dead Others accused the Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen. India blamed the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and called it "cross border terrorism".1 May 2006 'Militants' kill Kashmir Hindus BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4961464.stm 25 February 2017 In 2007, Australian government attributed the massacre to Lashkar-e-Taiba, which it declared to be a terrorist organisation.2007-09-07 Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 12) (SLI No 267 of 2007) http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_reg/ccar200712n267o2007414/ 2023-01-15 Australasian Legal Information Institute UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law References Jammu and Kashmir Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:Massacres in 2006 Category:Spree shootings in India Category:Mass shootings in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:2006 mass shootings in Asia Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2006 Category:Doda district Category:April 2006 in India Category:2006 murders in India Category:Massacres of Hindus in Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Persecution of Hindus by Muslims Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks